خثل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the lower abdomen, specifically the area between the navel and the pubic region. It also extends to describe the stomach or crop of an animal, and by extension, a person's stomach.

Derived headwords

خَثْلَةnoun

1.
lower abdomenboth
The area of the body situated between the navel and the pubic region.
2.
stomach/cropclassical
The stomach or crop of an animal, analogous to a human's stomach, where food is stored.

خَثْلَتَيْنnoun

1.
lower abdomenboth
The region between the navel and the pubic area, used in the dual form.

التَّخْفِيفnoun

1.
simplification/lighteningclassical
The act of making something lighter or simpler, possibly referring to a pronunciation or usage.

خَثْلَةnoun

1.
gizzard/cropclassical
The gizzard or crop of a bird or animal, used for storing and grinding food.

الحَوْصَلَةnoun

1.
crop/gizzardclassical
The crop or gizzard of a bird or animal, a part of the digestive system.

خَثَلَتَهَاnoun

1.
stomach/cropclassical
The stomach or crop, referring to the digestive organ.

خَثَلَاتnoun

1.
stomachs/cropsclassical
Plural form of 'khathlah', referring to multiple stomachs or crops.

الفَحْثnoun

1.
stomach/digestive organclassical
A part of the digestive system, possibly referring to the stomach or a similar organ in animals.

Parallel reading

خثلة البطن وخثلته: ما بين السرة والعانة، والتخفيف أكثر

The khathlah of the abdomen and its khathlah: what is between the navel and the pubic region, and the simplified form is more common.

شربت مرا من دواء المشي، ... من وجع بخثلتي وحقوي

I drank a bitter medicine for walking sickness, ... from pain in my lower abdomen and my hips.

أحب صبياننا إلينا العريض الخثلة

Our dearest boys to us are the broad-chested ones.

هي الحوصلة، وقيل: ما بين السرة والعانة، وقد تفتح الثاء

It is the crop, and it is said: what is between the navel and the pubic region, and the 'tha' can be opened (pronounced with fatha).

وعلكد خثلتها كالجف

And the old, strong, aged woman, her stomach is like a waterskin.

حوية الإنسان معدته، وهي الخثلة، وهي مستقر الطعام تكون للإنسان كالكرش للشاة

The human's container is its stomach, and it is the khathlah, and it is the resting place for food, being to humans like the rumen is to a sheep.

والمريء الذي يدخل منه الطعام فيصل إلى الكرش، ثم يصب إلى الفحث، وهو أصل القبة

And the esophagus through which food enters, reaching the rumen, then pouring into the falth, which is the base of the dome.

والجمع خثلات، بسكون الثاء؛ عن ابن دريد

And the plural is khathalat, with a sukun on the tha; according to Ibn Duraid.